English hyphenation

Hyphenation of “dragoon”

The standard US-English hyphenation shown for dragoon is dra-goon, with 1 possible break point in this result.

US English hyphenation
dra-goon
2 segments1 break points
British English pattern result dra-goon The GB pattern set returns the same result for this word.
Worddragoon
Hyphenationdra-goon
Break points1
Part of speechtransitive verb · noun
Pronunciation/drəˈɡun/
Meaning & usage

What does “dragoon” mean?

dragoon: Coerce (someone) into doing something.

Headworddragoon
Part of speechtransitive verb · noun
Pronunciation/drəˈɡun/
1
transitive verb

Coerce (someone) into doing something.

Example: “she had been dragooned into helping with the housework”

Synonyms:
coerce constrain press pressure pressurize push bring pressure to bear on lean on put pressure on use pressure on
2
noun

A member of any of several cavalry regiments in the British army.

Example: “From the calibre of those we recover we can tell whether they were fired by musketeers, cavalry, dragoons or possibly, from the surface damage on them, as ‘case-shot’ from artillery pieces.”

Synonyms:
cavalier chevalier knight cavalryman horse soldier mounted soldier
Word breaks

How “dragoon” is split

dra·goon

For US English, the hyphenation result is dra-goon. This gives 1 possible line-break point in the returned pattern. The British-English pattern set returns the same split.

Quick answers

Questions about “dragoon”

How do you hyphenate “dragoon”?

In the US-English result used here, dragoon is hyphenated as dra-goon.

Where can “dragoon” break at the end of a line?

The returned US pattern contains 1 possible break point.

What does “dragoon” mean?

Coerce (someone) into doing something.

Can you use “dragoon” in a sentence?

“she had been dragooned into helping with the housework”

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